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Copyright: Narayanan Ganesan (gannu) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 916 W: 4 N: 2277] (10628)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-08-12
Exposure: f/4, 1/1250 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-08-22 1:53
Viewed: 465
Points: 32
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Plain Tiger
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The Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus) or - outside Asia - African Monarch is a common butterfly which is widespread in Asia and Africa. It belongs to the danaine ("Crows and Tigers") subfamily of the brushfooted butterfly family Nymphalidae.

It is believed to be one of the first butterflies to be used in art. A 3500 year old Egyptian fresco in Luxor features the oldest illustration of this species (Larsen 1994).

The Plain Tiger can be considered the archetypical danaine of India. Accordingly, this species has been studied with in greater detail than other members of its subfamily occurring in India.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Danainae
Tribe: Danaini
Genus: Danaus

Technical Details
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f4.0 (Used since it was cloudy and slightly dark)
Focal Length 180mm
ISO 800

Edited in Picasa and then edited in Photoshop.

Thanks for looking.

Ganesh

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  • PaulH Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1031 W: 26 N: 2984] (10774)
  • [2007-08-22 1:58]

Hi Narayanan,
great composition, you can really see the effect of the weight of this Plain Tiger on the plant here. The side POV shows off the markings very well and the colours are very eye catching. well done!
Paul

hello ganesan,
this shot resembles to my poste of yesterday as far as the composition and the flower is concerned, this is a beautiful butterfly shot, nice pov, well composed , liked the colour tones, the green bg gives good contrast to the colourful butterfly,
the white spot in the bg could have been easily cloned out, again you have opted for higher iso ie 800. Do you use tripod or take the shots hendheld?
hope to more lovely butterflis from you,
tfs & regards
pankaj

Hola Narayanan,
Precioso ejemplar de mariposa, bonita composición con gran definición, la luz y colores son muy bellos, saludos
José Ramón

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1681 W: 242 N: 5550] (19643)
  • [2007-08-22 3:07]
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Hello Ganesh,
a great shot.
Sharp with great colours.
Well done,
Joe

Hello Narayanan , superb macro-shot very well composed with lovely colors and great sharp, very good composition et background,
well done,
Pat

Hi Ganesh.
Beautiful shot,nice composition and great pov with lovely colours,
well done,
TFS.

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2596 W: 133 N: 7433] (23169)
  • [2007-08-22 3:51]
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Hello Ganesh,
For a shot at ISO 800 this is very good but you would have better sharpness and DOF if you reduced the shutter speed down to,say, 250 and put up the aperture value.
Otherwise the composition, colouring and BG are fine.
TFS,
Ivan

Hello Narayanan
Very nice shot of this Plian Tiger,
Great focusing,compo and sharpness,
I post the same spiece today :-)
Welldone.

Good Luck
Fartash

Buff, que maravilla : encuadre, colores... lástima del enfoque en la parte de las alas. Saludos.

Gannu, Lovely picture. The colors are intense. The diagonal composition with the butterfly at the end is very good. Try shooting with a smaller aperture. I always use Aperture priority mode and set the aperture to my desire. F8 is a good aperture for most conditions.
- Murali Santhanam

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2007-08-22 21:05]

Hello Ganesh

A lovely composition of this plain tiger.The colours are well saturated and you have very good focus and details.A simple shot but very beautiful.TFS

Rob

Hello Narayanan,
Great details in the butterfly!
I also appreciate the dynamics in the composition, great patterns in the wing and rich colours!
Greetings,
Pablo -

A nice capture and composition.

Great composition with bright colors, especially the black and white pattern. Interesting history on this one. Well done.

TFS!
Reid

Hi Friend,
A great capture. Very nice details and composition. Thanks a lot for sharing.

This is a nice specie that you captured well! I like those colors, composition and details. I find the yellow line right to be a little distractive but it remains a nice one! Thanks,
Claudine

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